Taka
12-01-2004, 04:37
Introduction
Background
A proud and fiercly militaristic society, the Takians have nearly six thousand years of history behind them, and one of the largest and most well equiped and well trained militaries in Proxima. Its people enjoy a high standard of living, and every civilian in the “vollenteer” reserves is garenteed a job, while those who aren’t are turned down from all but the worse of jobs. It has nearly 100% of its population in the military, though that is in name only, as a mear 0.8% of its population is combat personel, and less than 5% will do anything even remotly connected with supplying the army, most serving in industrial jobs creating civilian goods. It should be noted though, that from school age *5 years of age* till they are legaly adults *16 years of age*, Takians are drilled martial arts, both empty hand and fencing. The age of concent is 16 for native borns, and 18 for forgieners, and a two year stint in the military is expected, though not legaly enforced.
Geography
Location: Proxima Centauri
Area: aprox 23,000,000 square miles
Comparative size: aprox 1.5 times size of Russia
Land boundaries: Valinon, R&E
Climates and Terrain: varries, artic tundra in the northern parts of the Isle of Deianira, temprate flatlands in the southern and middle areas, to tropical in the southern most tip. The Mainland is mostly grassland in the northern portion, though extencive mining through the Uranium Flats has left if barren. The middle portion between the two rivers is rife with hills and mountains, while the southern most tip is arid desert, given over to wide variations in temprature. The penesula around Landing Bay is much more temprate, though rife with swampland and thousands of islands along the shore of a shallow, inland sea.
Elevation extremes
lowest point - Garland Crater, 621 feet below sea level
highest point - Falcon Peak, 20,304 feet above sea level
Natural resources: Titanum, Uranium, Takatanium, Tungstun, lumber
Land use
arable land - 20%
permanent crops - 75%
other - 25%
irrigated land - 10%
Natural hazards - the Great Dessert is a deadly area, partialy because of the unforgiving terain, and partialy because of the fierce and proud Okibi Clans that make that area their home. The jungles of the southern part of the Isle of Deianira are home to countless preditors, while the Avians are fearless carnivors, feeding on live stock, wild herds, and even the occassional lone traveler. Blizards and avalanches in the northern Isles, flashflooding in the mid mainland and Okibi Penesula, sandstorms in the south, tornadoes and sever thunderstorms in the north mainland
Environment
current issues - Industrial polution and defforestation along the Uranium flats and through the northern part of the hilly areas of the mid-Takian mainland.
international agreements - none
People
Population - 1,670,000,000 estimated per 3680 AC
Age structure
0-14 years - 10% (167,000,000)
15-64 years - 50% (835,000,000)
65 years and over - 40% (668,000,000)
Median Age
total (human)- 35 years
male (human) - 37 years
female (human) - 33 years
total (Squallem)- 25 years
male (Squallem) - 26 years
female (Squallem) - 24 years
total (Agrol)- 320 years
male (Agrol) - 315 years
female (Agrol) - 325 years
Population growth rate - 1%
Birth rate - 10 births
Death rate - 9.9 deaths
Net migration rate - >1%
Sex Ratio
at birth - 49% female, 51% male
under 15 years - 48% female, 52% male
15-64 years - 52% female, 48% male
65 years and over - 51% female, 49% male
total population - 51% female, 49% male
Infant mortality rate
total: 3.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.02 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.56 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth
Human - 130 years
Agrol - 700 years
Squallem - 75 years
Nationality
noun: Takian, Takan
adjective: Takian, Takan
Ethnic groups
Human (largly Terran Japanese) - 55%
Agrol - 10%
Squallem - 5%
Other *includes Hybrids* - 30%
Religions
Shintoism - 35%
Buddhism - 25%
Christian - 13%
Catholic - 12%
Church of Oni - 5%
Athiest - 2%
Agnostic - 2%
Other - 1%
Languages
Takian
Literacy
definition - population over 16 can read and write Takian and can speak English well enough to have a casual conversation
population 99.9%
Government
conventional long form: Imperial Principality of Taka
conventional short form: Taka
local long form: The Mizunian Dynasty's Imperial Principality of High Prince Taka
local short form: Taka
former: The Mizunian Dynasty
Government type - Constitutional monarchy with elected Clansmen running the Senate
Independence National holiday - 1st day of the 11th month
Constitution - Drafted 6th day of the 12th month,
Legal system - modeled after European civil law system with Valinor and Ortagan influence; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
Suffrage - all citizens over the age of 16
Executive branch
chief of state- Emperor Mizuna
head of government - High Prince Taka
Legislative Branch
Senate lead by 5 Clan Leaders
House lead by representatives elected from the general population
Flag description - A red bar across the top reminding Takians that their freedoms were paid for in the blood of patriots, a white bar across the middle reminding them of the Zen teaching of purity of mind, a black bar across the bottom, reminding Takians of their duty to the homeland. Two green stars rest in the middle of the white stripe, indicating the Emperor and the Prince, the guiding forces of the Mizunia Dynasty for 6,000 years
Economy
GDP - $58,450,000,000,000
GDP - real growth rate - 3%
GDP - composition by sector
Agriculture - 14%
Manufacturing - 71%
Services - 15%
Population below poverty line - >1%
Household income or consumption by percentage share
lowest 10% - 8%
highest 10% - 12%
Unemployment rate - 2%
Budget - $30,000,000,000,000
revenues - $33,141,150,000,000
expenditures - 30,000,000,000,000
Industries - among world's largest and technologically advanced producers of motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals; textiles, arms and computer software
Industrial production growth rate - 5%
Electricity - production by source
Hydro - 3%
Fusion - 72%
Singularity Generator - 22%
Exports - Weaponry, Metals, software, automobiles, Takian Silver Tea
Debt - external - none
Economic aid - donor - 1 trillian/year forgien, 2 trillian/year domestic
Currency -Takian Bullet
Currency code - TBV
Exchange rates - 2.5 Bullets/1 USD
Fiscal year - 1st day of the 4th month
Communications
general assessment: wide spread and extencive network of telephones, holographical projection systems, and personal communications devices
domestic: extencive coverage, though Garland Crate and surrouding areas has unnaturaly high levels of static and disruption even through stalite phones. Uranum flats also suffers similar problems.
international: extencive coverage, though Garland Crate and surrouding areas has unnaturaly high levels of static and disruption even through stalite phones. Uranum flats also suffers similar problems.
Internet country code: .tak, . tcc
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
United Taka, high speed internet
Satalite Now, statlite internet
Foldspace, FTL internet access
Internet users: 1.3 billion
Military
Military branches
Takian Space Armada - space fleet
Takian Imperial Guard - Elite army unit
Takian Army - army
Takian Air Guard - Air force
Takian Honor Guard - personal guards to the royal family
Takian Space Marines - planetary landing and ship boarding actions
Military manpower - 83,500,000
Military age - 16
Military manpower - availability
males age 15-90 - 459,000,000
females age 15-90 - 460,000,000
Military manpower - fit for military service
males age 15-90: 367,000,000
females age 15-90: 345,000,000
Military manpower - reaching military age annually
males: 2,000,000
females: 2,000,000
Military expenditures - $9,942,345,000,000
Percent of GDP Military - 17.01%
Military Facts and Figures
Declasified military information, exact numbers, and combat capability information (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1840121#1840121)
Transnational Issues
Disputes - Takians as a whole are very xenophobic, very nationalistic, and extremly patriotic, as such, disputes are common. Tentions between New Ortaga, Valinon, and Falasmayon are growing, and open conflict seems inevitable.
Recent disputes
Adamite War
Vernii Incident
History
BE – before empire
BC – before contact
AC – after contact
617 BE-0 BE – Wandering Tribes with tribal warlords each gaining power for short periods of time only to be overthrown.
1351 BC – A man known as A’Grol comes to the land that will later be Mizu, his grey skin and strange ability to speak without saying a word lable him as an outsider. The leader of the largest tribe *The Mizu Clan* accepted him into the tribal tent, and accepted his gifts beliving him a God. Under the command of A’Grol, the other Clans quickly fell to the Mizu, but rather than enslave them, then leader of the Mizu clan brough them into his clan, forming the outline of the Mizu Empire. A’Grol was given possition as Emperor, while the Clan leader Damien took possition as the Prince.
1326 BC – Damien dies after 25 years as prince of Mizu, his son, Adam, takes the throne at the age of 13 and quickly sets about reforming the governing code.
1325 BC – Under Adam’s leadership, the first laws are codified and an effort for all citizens to be taught to read is set forth upon. A coup is narrowly averted, and the nobles, former clan leaders seeking to take the power their fathers lost, are pardoned.
1324 BC – Adam’s leadership increaces the quality of life, and the five nobles involved in the coup the year before are given seats on the first Takian senate.
1312 BC – Adam finaly completes his goal to educate every man, woman and child in the Empire, 98% of the Mizunian population is able to read, write and do simple math, 74% have received some form of higher education.
Late 1301 BC – A’Grol celebrates 100 years on the throne, as Adam celebrates his 38th birthday with a hunting trip. . . he is never seen alive again.
Early 1300-1290 BC – Adam’s body is retrieved, having been killed by bandits the fall before. The Honor Guard are established to act as personal bodyguards for each member of the Mizunian royal family. As is custom, A’Grol marrys Adam’s wife, they bare 4 daughters and five sons
1287-1277 BC – at the age of 13, each of the four daughters are married to the leaders of the 4 other clans, Uchuukuukan, Okibi, Ichijin, and Tsuchi, while four of the five sons were made Commanders of the four divisions of the Mizunian Military *the army, navy, samurai, and ninja sects*.
1009 BC – after 373 years of rule, Emperor A’Grol passes away, civil war errupts as the multiple heirs of the throne via for control
1003 BC – civil war finaly ends, with the clan leader of the Mizu clan, Mizuna Kyoto as the victor. He appoints his son, Prince Taka, as the Prince of Mizuna. The Four Generals of the four sects are perminatly disbanded, and the military is divided between the five clans.
631 BC – Emperor Mizuna assassinated by an Oni, leading the empire into the “Age of Chaos”
630 BC – the Oni, a race of reptile like demons, invades the panic stricken empire, taking great swathes of land before a defence can stop them outside of the Mizunian capital city.
600 BC – Prince Taka ends the “Age of Chaos” by stopping the Oni advance and claims final victory at the Battle of Kyoto, in which thousands of Oni wariors are defeated by the Prince and three hundred stalwart honor guards in the central keep of the capital city. After reinforcements had arrived and driven the Oni back to their lands, the Prince renamed the capital city Kyoto in honor of his father, before beginning the long and tiring process of driving the Oni from the Mizunian lands they had taken.
581 BC – After nearly fifty years of war, the Prince had reclaimed the last Mizunian provence from Oni control, yet is faced with a delima, who should be the next Emperor. The title is offered to him, but he declines it, saying “I can not take the roll of a giant when there is much more to do as a man”. Emperor Makoto takes the throne.
580 BC – in failing health, and at nearly five hundred years of age, Prince Taka retires to a monestary to live his last days in relative peace and quiet. Prince Yuugi the terrible takes the throne as Prince.
579 BC – paranoid of everyone and everything that could threaten his power *or in Yuugi’s eyes, everything* Prince Yuugi begins purging the nation of Mizuna of all things disloyal.
577 BC – Taka publishes “Traitors and Patriots”, a book covertly urging people to rise against Yuugi’s maniacal rule and oust the insane Prince.
576 BC – Yuugi obtains a copy of “Traitors and Patriots” and immediately orders Taka be excecuted in public as an example to the rest of the nation. He is taken with no incident, and is freed shortly before his execution by the Yuugian resistance. Taka joins the resistance, and under his legendary leadership, Yuugi is quickly taken from power and executed by being dragged behind the horseman telling all the people that Taka had retaken the Throne.
575 BC – Emperor Makoto is asassinated by Yuugian loyalists, and Taka retires again, this time never to be heard from again. He later dies in the winter of this year, and his body was burried at the Shinto temple in the Hakagiri hills, north of his beloved Koyoto. Empress Ami and Prince Moguai take the throne.
1 BC – Mizunian Astrologers notice and chart stars moving in the heavens, UFO sightings become comon place.
1 AC – after months of observing the Mizunian empire from space, the Agrol race comes to reclaim the bodies of a scientific exploration team, and are shocked to note that a good portion of the Mizunian population has Agrol blood in their veins. Intriged, the Agrol begin trading with the Mizunians.
5 AC – with the introduction of Agrol technology, the nation of Mizuna experiences unparell growth and prosparity.
28 AC – the Agrolian empire undergoes a coup that replaces the benevolent and loved leader with a cruel and power hungry military man. The new leader turns his eyes towards the Empire of Mizuna, and plans are laid for an invasion.
29 AC – The Agrolian equipment that the Mizunians had become so dependant on ceaces to function, and wihtin a month, Agrol storm troops are landing all around the empire, qucickly capturing it and making it an Agrolian puppet state.
31 AC – after two years of fierce resistance, the last bastion of Mizunian rule is taken, its inhabitants along with the Empress and the Prince are all executed.
231 AC – while on a bicentenial examination of the various colonies of the empire, a lone Mizunian swordsman attacks and kills the Agrollian ruler, word spread, sparking a galactic civil war that saw the Agrollian Empire undergo massive shifts in power, finaly disentergrating to nothing at all. The swordsman vanishes, never to be seen again. No prince is called, however a decendant of the Prince Taka, a man named Hodge accends the throne and becomes emperor.
232 AC – the remaining Agrol are absorbed into Mizunian society, assisting the Mizunian people in research and constructing the technology base back to its former possition.
300 AC – The second Oni war begins, the Oni being identified as a race the Agrol have come across and call the Squallem. The Emperor calls the general Ikari to be his Prince and throw the Oni back.
302 AC – the Agrol’s pyschic powers are utilized to great effect against the Oni, and the tide of every battle is quickly turned. In a little under two years the Oni are forced to surrender, however the Mizunian empire pushes far into Oni lands, adding rich mineral veins to the lands owned by the Mizunians.
800 AC – Emperor Hodge passes away, and is succeded by Emperor Yuugi
844 AC – Prince Ikari passes away, and after a year of legal battles, assassinations, imprisonments and terrorizing his opponents, Emperor Yuugi becomes Prince of Mizuna, being the first and last man to hold both titles. From this possition, he oppressed the population and assassinated any political leader who attempted to oppose him.
850 AC – Emperor and Prince Yuugi disbands the Senate.
1100 AC – Emperor and Prince Yuugi begins a war of agression against his neigbor to the north, counquering much of the nation whose name has been lost to history.
1115 AC – Emperor and Prince Yuugi is killed while on campain, the Senate remeets after the heir is mysteriously found hanged, and dictates new laws setting limits on the powers of the Prince and of the Emperor, clearly defining the rolls for the first time. Emperor Miamoto and Prince Takeshi take the throne
1373 AC – the first cannon is completed by Agrolian smiths, their race’s secrets to much more advanced weapons having been lost in the long period of peace before the coup.
1399 AC – the Cannon is scaled down to a muzzle loading musket, though the bow is still the prefered method of ranged death, the muzzle is adopted as the standard weapons of the army.
1492 AC – the Rifled barrel is devised for the cannon, plans to add it to the muskets are met with design problems, killing three of the four smiths working on it.
1500 AC – the rifled barrel is perfected by the surviving smith, and the first rifle is built
1631 AC – Emperor Miamoto dies, and is succeeded by Emperor Meji
1800 AC – in an attempt to prove the sword’s place on the battlefield, Tokagawa launches an all out offencive from the fire clan’s lands onto the neighboring Wind clan’s land. He is finaly stopped, but not before proving the limitations of the firearm.
1812 AC – The final design for the new katana is approved, including Agrol Crystal Matrixing. The new ACM blades become standard issue for officers, while the faster, lighter sabers are used by general infanty.
1896 AC – Prince Takeshi passes away and is succeded by Prince Yo
1931 AC – A war breaks out in the west, and many young Mizunians travel to seek their fortunes as mercenaries, returning with knowledge and dreams, including tales of battles fought in the sky in airplanes. Not one to be left behind, Emperor Meji establishes the Royal Airforce
1966 AC – Cryogenics becomes an accepted course at Kyoto university.
1970 AC – the first multicelular organism is cryogenicly frozen and revived.
1971 AC – The first human test subjects are frozen, scientists are unable to revive them, and the entire battallion is left in cryogenics till they can be revived.
2003 AC – The Lost Batallion is revived at long last, as the secrets for cryogenics are finaly discovered.
2010 AC – Emperor Meji passes away, and is succeded by Emperor Omi
2011 AC – Emperor Omi okays the spending for a space initiative after the successful lobying of Agrolians to return to the stars. Later that year, the first unmanned satalite was launched.
2012 AC – the nation of Mizuna launches its first manned space craft.
2070 AC – The first armed space craft is launced in resonse to the increasing threat from nations with orbital weapons platforms, the Akoya. It performs admirably, and the Akoya class destroyers are the first commissioned space warships.
2075 AC – The Mizunian Navy is tranfered from a sea based organization to a space based organization, likewise the marines are transferred for space to ground missions. The Mizunian Coastline now relys on a civilian coast guard as well as shore based missile platforms for its costal defence.
2080 AC – The Mizunian Navy commissions the Ceylon, a larger and more powerful version of the early Akoya class.
2113 AC – Prince Yo passes away after a long but uneventful career, is succeded by Princess Aianomi
2116 AC – the Akoya class is made atmosphere capable and is tested as a high payload bomber, wings are added to make it more stable in flight, yet even with such drastic changes, it is still refered to as the Akoya class.
2231 AC – On the two thousandth year aniversary of the Agrol Liberation, Princess Aianomi is overheard as saying “I only wish that they would have just finished the damned things off”. The controversy sparks a conflict, and the Princess makes a public appology, however the Agrol mob turns violent, slaughtering, the Emperor, the Princess and 700 of the Honor guard attempting to protect them. She is succeeded by Princess Ami. He by the Emperor Makoto
2232 AC – Agrol hostility towards humans reaches a peak, starting the Agrol-Human war. To make matters worse, the Oni struck again, starting the Third Oni war simotaniusly.
2235 AC – beligered and surrouned, Princess Ami personaly went to the Oni warlord and persuaded him to join them against the Agrol, in return for access to the Mizunian technology.
2236 AC – The Agrol revolt is put down, and full pardons are issued for all involved providing they sign loyalty oaths. The Oni addopt the name Squallem, and are absorbed into the Mizunian Empire.
2620 AC – The Empire celebrates 5,000 years of unification with a year of celebration and parties. Princess Ami passes away, is replaced by Prince Teko
2710 AC – Emperor Makoto passes away and is succeeded by Emperor Minato
3027 AC – Prince Teko passes away, Prince Odama succeeds
3100 AC – Empeoro Minako passes away, is succeded by Emperor Yuugi
3310 AC – Prince Makoto is born
3312 AC – Prince Taka is born
3589 AC – The Mizunian split occurse, in which Prince Taka rebels against his brother Makoto. Earlier that year Mizunian scientists had attempted to create the perfect being by geneticaly engenering the perfect brain, and combining it with an artificial sentience program. The project was called Project NESS, the unit, ADAM after the first Prince of Mizuna, who had brought the empire into a new age of prosparity and enlightenment. However, something went wrong, and the research lab was damaged. Prince Makoto was severly injured, and the ADAM unit was damaged beyond repair. In an attempt to save itself, the AS program transferred its sentience to Makoto’s mind, however as it was not designed to deal with the intriquisies of an existing personal, it was corrputed. Adam overtook the roll of Makoto, however Taka discovered the ruse and attempted to destroy it. The war raged for a year, finaly ending with the intervention of allies and a nuclear weapons used in the capital city. Makoto was killed, however ADAM survived and was captured by one of the Prince’s aides. The emperor, shocked at the destruction of his city and the death of his oldest son, banished Taka from the nation of Mizuna.
3590 AC – Prince Taka moves his surviving military and those civilians loyal ot him to the system of Alpha Centari. Establishes the nation of Taka, with Neo-Kyoto as his capital city.
3591 AC – Prince Taka begins to move Taka towards a more socialist system.
3605 AC – After the purchase of all private businesses, the nation of Taka finaly is able to provide a job to all citizens, and does away with welfare.
3612 AC – Princess Ami weds Crown Prince Rowald of Valinon
3620 AC - Present
Background
A proud and fiercly militaristic society, the Takians have nearly six thousand years of history behind them, and one of the largest and most well equiped and well trained militaries in Proxima. Its people enjoy a high standard of living, and every civilian in the “vollenteer” reserves is garenteed a job, while those who aren’t are turned down from all but the worse of jobs. It has nearly 100% of its population in the military, though that is in name only, as a mear 0.8% of its population is combat personel, and less than 5% will do anything even remotly connected with supplying the army, most serving in industrial jobs creating civilian goods. It should be noted though, that from school age *5 years of age* till they are legaly adults *16 years of age*, Takians are drilled martial arts, both empty hand and fencing. The age of concent is 16 for native borns, and 18 for forgieners, and a two year stint in the military is expected, though not legaly enforced.
Geography
Location: Proxima Centauri
Area: aprox 23,000,000 square miles
Comparative size: aprox 1.5 times size of Russia
Land boundaries: Valinon, R&E
Climates and Terrain: varries, artic tundra in the northern parts of the Isle of Deianira, temprate flatlands in the southern and middle areas, to tropical in the southern most tip. The Mainland is mostly grassland in the northern portion, though extencive mining through the Uranium Flats has left if barren. The middle portion between the two rivers is rife with hills and mountains, while the southern most tip is arid desert, given over to wide variations in temprature. The penesula around Landing Bay is much more temprate, though rife with swampland and thousands of islands along the shore of a shallow, inland sea.
Elevation extremes
lowest point - Garland Crater, 621 feet below sea level
highest point - Falcon Peak, 20,304 feet above sea level
Natural resources: Titanum, Uranium, Takatanium, Tungstun, lumber
Land use
arable land - 20%
permanent crops - 75%
other - 25%
irrigated land - 10%
Natural hazards - the Great Dessert is a deadly area, partialy because of the unforgiving terain, and partialy because of the fierce and proud Okibi Clans that make that area their home. The jungles of the southern part of the Isle of Deianira are home to countless preditors, while the Avians are fearless carnivors, feeding on live stock, wild herds, and even the occassional lone traveler. Blizards and avalanches in the northern Isles, flashflooding in the mid mainland and Okibi Penesula, sandstorms in the south, tornadoes and sever thunderstorms in the north mainland
Environment
current issues - Industrial polution and defforestation along the Uranium flats and through the northern part of the hilly areas of the mid-Takian mainland.
international agreements - none
People
Population - 1,670,000,000 estimated per 3680 AC
Age structure
0-14 years - 10% (167,000,000)
15-64 years - 50% (835,000,000)
65 years and over - 40% (668,000,000)
Median Age
total (human)- 35 years
male (human) - 37 years
female (human) - 33 years
total (Squallem)- 25 years
male (Squallem) - 26 years
female (Squallem) - 24 years
total (Agrol)- 320 years
male (Agrol) - 315 years
female (Agrol) - 325 years
Population growth rate - 1%
Birth rate - 10 births
Death rate - 9.9 deaths
Net migration rate - >1%
Sex Ratio
at birth - 49% female, 51% male
under 15 years - 48% female, 52% male
15-64 years - 52% female, 48% male
65 years and over - 51% female, 49% male
total population - 51% female, 49% male
Infant mortality rate
total: 3.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.02 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.56 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth
Human - 130 years
Agrol - 700 years
Squallem - 75 years
Nationality
noun: Takian, Takan
adjective: Takian, Takan
Ethnic groups
Human (largly Terran Japanese) - 55%
Agrol - 10%
Squallem - 5%
Other *includes Hybrids* - 30%
Religions
Shintoism - 35%
Buddhism - 25%
Christian - 13%
Catholic - 12%
Church of Oni - 5%
Athiest - 2%
Agnostic - 2%
Other - 1%
Languages
Takian
Literacy
definition - population over 16 can read and write Takian and can speak English well enough to have a casual conversation
population 99.9%
Government
conventional long form: Imperial Principality of Taka
conventional short form: Taka
local long form: The Mizunian Dynasty's Imperial Principality of High Prince Taka
local short form: Taka
former: The Mizunian Dynasty
Government type - Constitutional monarchy with elected Clansmen running the Senate
Independence National holiday - 1st day of the 11th month
Constitution - Drafted 6th day of the 12th month,
Legal system - modeled after European civil law system with Valinor and Ortagan influence; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
Suffrage - all citizens over the age of 16
Executive branch
chief of state- Emperor Mizuna
head of government - High Prince Taka
Legislative Branch
Senate lead by 5 Clan Leaders
House lead by representatives elected from the general population
Flag description - A red bar across the top reminding Takians that their freedoms were paid for in the blood of patriots, a white bar across the middle reminding them of the Zen teaching of purity of mind, a black bar across the bottom, reminding Takians of their duty to the homeland. Two green stars rest in the middle of the white stripe, indicating the Emperor and the Prince, the guiding forces of the Mizunia Dynasty for 6,000 years
Economy
GDP - $58,450,000,000,000
GDP - real growth rate - 3%
GDP - composition by sector
Agriculture - 14%
Manufacturing - 71%
Services - 15%
Population below poverty line - >1%
Household income or consumption by percentage share
lowest 10% - 8%
highest 10% - 12%
Unemployment rate - 2%
Budget - $30,000,000,000,000
revenues - $33,141,150,000,000
expenditures - 30,000,000,000,000
Industries - among world's largest and technologically advanced producers of motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals; textiles, arms and computer software
Industrial production growth rate - 5%
Electricity - production by source
Hydro - 3%
Fusion - 72%
Singularity Generator - 22%
Exports - Weaponry, Metals, software, automobiles, Takian Silver Tea
Debt - external - none
Economic aid - donor - 1 trillian/year forgien, 2 trillian/year domestic
Currency -Takian Bullet
Currency code - TBV
Exchange rates - 2.5 Bullets/1 USD
Fiscal year - 1st day of the 4th month
Communications
general assessment: wide spread and extencive network of telephones, holographical projection systems, and personal communications devices
domestic: extencive coverage, though Garland Crate and surrouding areas has unnaturaly high levels of static and disruption even through stalite phones. Uranum flats also suffers similar problems.
international: extencive coverage, though Garland Crate and surrouding areas has unnaturaly high levels of static and disruption even through stalite phones. Uranum flats also suffers similar problems.
Internet country code: .tak, . tcc
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
United Taka, high speed internet
Satalite Now, statlite internet
Foldspace, FTL internet access
Internet users: 1.3 billion
Military
Military branches
Takian Space Armada - space fleet
Takian Imperial Guard - Elite army unit
Takian Army - army
Takian Air Guard - Air force
Takian Honor Guard - personal guards to the royal family
Takian Space Marines - planetary landing and ship boarding actions
Military manpower - 83,500,000
Military age - 16
Military manpower - availability
males age 15-90 - 459,000,000
females age 15-90 - 460,000,000
Military manpower - fit for military service
males age 15-90: 367,000,000
females age 15-90: 345,000,000
Military manpower - reaching military age annually
males: 2,000,000
females: 2,000,000
Military expenditures - $9,942,345,000,000
Percent of GDP Military - 17.01%
Military Facts and Figures
Declasified military information, exact numbers, and combat capability information (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1840121#1840121)
Transnational Issues
Disputes - Takians as a whole are very xenophobic, very nationalistic, and extremly patriotic, as such, disputes are common. Tentions between New Ortaga, Valinon, and Falasmayon are growing, and open conflict seems inevitable.
Recent disputes
Adamite War
Vernii Incident
History
BE – before empire
BC – before contact
AC – after contact
617 BE-0 BE – Wandering Tribes with tribal warlords each gaining power for short periods of time only to be overthrown.
1351 BC – A man known as A’Grol comes to the land that will later be Mizu, his grey skin and strange ability to speak without saying a word lable him as an outsider. The leader of the largest tribe *The Mizu Clan* accepted him into the tribal tent, and accepted his gifts beliving him a God. Under the command of A’Grol, the other Clans quickly fell to the Mizu, but rather than enslave them, then leader of the Mizu clan brough them into his clan, forming the outline of the Mizu Empire. A’Grol was given possition as Emperor, while the Clan leader Damien took possition as the Prince.
1326 BC – Damien dies after 25 years as prince of Mizu, his son, Adam, takes the throne at the age of 13 and quickly sets about reforming the governing code.
1325 BC – Under Adam’s leadership, the first laws are codified and an effort for all citizens to be taught to read is set forth upon. A coup is narrowly averted, and the nobles, former clan leaders seeking to take the power their fathers lost, are pardoned.
1324 BC – Adam’s leadership increaces the quality of life, and the five nobles involved in the coup the year before are given seats on the first Takian senate.
1312 BC – Adam finaly completes his goal to educate every man, woman and child in the Empire, 98% of the Mizunian population is able to read, write and do simple math, 74% have received some form of higher education.
Late 1301 BC – A’Grol celebrates 100 years on the throne, as Adam celebrates his 38th birthday with a hunting trip. . . he is never seen alive again.
Early 1300-1290 BC – Adam’s body is retrieved, having been killed by bandits the fall before. The Honor Guard are established to act as personal bodyguards for each member of the Mizunian royal family. As is custom, A’Grol marrys Adam’s wife, they bare 4 daughters and five sons
1287-1277 BC – at the age of 13, each of the four daughters are married to the leaders of the 4 other clans, Uchuukuukan, Okibi, Ichijin, and Tsuchi, while four of the five sons were made Commanders of the four divisions of the Mizunian Military *the army, navy, samurai, and ninja sects*.
1009 BC – after 373 years of rule, Emperor A’Grol passes away, civil war errupts as the multiple heirs of the throne via for control
1003 BC – civil war finaly ends, with the clan leader of the Mizu clan, Mizuna Kyoto as the victor. He appoints his son, Prince Taka, as the Prince of Mizuna. The Four Generals of the four sects are perminatly disbanded, and the military is divided between the five clans.
631 BC – Emperor Mizuna assassinated by an Oni, leading the empire into the “Age of Chaos”
630 BC – the Oni, a race of reptile like demons, invades the panic stricken empire, taking great swathes of land before a defence can stop them outside of the Mizunian capital city.
600 BC – Prince Taka ends the “Age of Chaos” by stopping the Oni advance and claims final victory at the Battle of Kyoto, in which thousands of Oni wariors are defeated by the Prince and three hundred stalwart honor guards in the central keep of the capital city. After reinforcements had arrived and driven the Oni back to their lands, the Prince renamed the capital city Kyoto in honor of his father, before beginning the long and tiring process of driving the Oni from the Mizunian lands they had taken.
581 BC – After nearly fifty years of war, the Prince had reclaimed the last Mizunian provence from Oni control, yet is faced with a delima, who should be the next Emperor. The title is offered to him, but he declines it, saying “I can not take the roll of a giant when there is much more to do as a man”. Emperor Makoto takes the throne.
580 BC – in failing health, and at nearly five hundred years of age, Prince Taka retires to a monestary to live his last days in relative peace and quiet. Prince Yuugi the terrible takes the throne as Prince.
579 BC – paranoid of everyone and everything that could threaten his power *or in Yuugi’s eyes, everything* Prince Yuugi begins purging the nation of Mizuna of all things disloyal.
577 BC – Taka publishes “Traitors and Patriots”, a book covertly urging people to rise against Yuugi’s maniacal rule and oust the insane Prince.
576 BC – Yuugi obtains a copy of “Traitors and Patriots” and immediately orders Taka be excecuted in public as an example to the rest of the nation. He is taken with no incident, and is freed shortly before his execution by the Yuugian resistance. Taka joins the resistance, and under his legendary leadership, Yuugi is quickly taken from power and executed by being dragged behind the horseman telling all the people that Taka had retaken the Throne.
575 BC – Emperor Makoto is asassinated by Yuugian loyalists, and Taka retires again, this time never to be heard from again. He later dies in the winter of this year, and his body was burried at the Shinto temple in the Hakagiri hills, north of his beloved Koyoto. Empress Ami and Prince Moguai take the throne.
1 BC – Mizunian Astrologers notice and chart stars moving in the heavens, UFO sightings become comon place.
1 AC – after months of observing the Mizunian empire from space, the Agrol race comes to reclaim the bodies of a scientific exploration team, and are shocked to note that a good portion of the Mizunian population has Agrol blood in their veins. Intriged, the Agrol begin trading with the Mizunians.
5 AC – with the introduction of Agrol technology, the nation of Mizuna experiences unparell growth and prosparity.
28 AC – the Agrolian empire undergoes a coup that replaces the benevolent and loved leader with a cruel and power hungry military man. The new leader turns his eyes towards the Empire of Mizuna, and plans are laid for an invasion.
29 AC – The Agrolian equipment that the Mizunians had become so dependant on ceaces to function, and wihtin a month, Agrol storm troops are landing all around the empire, qucickly capturing it and making it an Agrolian puppet state.
31 AC – after two years of fierce resistance, the last bastion of Mizunian rule is taken, its inhabitants along with the Empress and the Prince are all executed.
231 AC – while on a bicentenial examination of the various colonies of the empire, a lone Mizunian swordsman attacks and kills the Agrollian ruler, word spread, sparking a galactic civil war that saw the Agrollian Empire undergo massive shifts in power, finaly disentergrating to nothing at all. The swordsman vanishes, never to be seen again. No prince is called, however a decendant of the Prince Taka, a man named Hodge accends the throne and becomes emperor.
232 AC – the remaining Agrol are absorbed into Mizunian society, assisting the Mizunian people in research and constructing the technology base back to its former possition.
300 AC – The second Oni war begins, the Oni being identified as a race the Agrol have come across and call the Squallem. The Emperor calls the general Ikari to be his Prince and throw the Oni back.
302 AC – the Agrol’s pyschic powers are utilized to great effect against the Oni, and the tide of every battle is quickly turned. In a little under two years the Oni are forced to surrender, however the Mizunian empire pushes far into Oni lands, adding rich mineral veins to the lands owned by the Mizunians.
800 AC – Emperor Hodge passes away, and is succeded by Emperor Yuugi
844 AC – Prince Ikari passes away, and after a year of legal battles, assassinations, imprisonments and terrorizing his opponents, Emperor Yuugi becomes Prince of Mizuna, being the first and last man to hold both titles. From this possition, he oppressed the population and assassinated any political leader who attempted to oppose him.
850 AC – Emperor and Prince Yuugi disbands the Senate.
1100 AC – Emperor and Prince Yuugi begins a war of agression against his neigbor to the north, counquering much of the nation whose name has been lost to history.
1115 AC – Emperor and Prince Yuugi is killed while on campain, the Senate remeets after the heir is mysteriously found hanged, and dictates new laws setting limits on the powers of the Prince and of the Emperor, clearly defining the rolls for the first time. Emperor Miamoto and Prince Takeshi take the throne
1373 AC – the first cannon is completed by Agrolian smiths, their race’s secrets to much more advanced weapons having been lost in the long period of peace before the coup.
1399 AC – the Cannon is scaled down to a muzzle loading musket, though the bow is still the prefered method of ranged death, the muzzle is adopted as the standard weapons of the army.
1492 AC – the Rifled barrel is devised for the cannon, plans to add it to the muskets are met with design problems, killing three of the four smiths working on it.
1500 AC – the rifled barrel is perfected by the surviving smith, and the first rifle is built
1631 AC – Emperor Miamoto dies, and is succeeded by Emperor Meji
1800 AC – in an attempt to prove the sword’s place on the battlefield, Tokagawa launches an all out offencive from the fire clan’s lands onto the neighboring Wind clan’s land. He is finaly stopped, but not before proving the limitations of the firearm.
1812 AC – The final design for the new katana is approved, including Agrol Crystal Matrixing. The new ACM blades become standard issue for officers, while the faster, lighter sabers are used by general infanty.
1896 AC – Prince Takeshi passes away and is succeded by Prince Yo
1931 AC – A war breaks out in the west, and many young Mizunians travel to seek their fortunes as mercenaries, returning with knowledge and dreams, including tales of battles fought in the sky in airplanes. Not one to be left behind, Emperor Meji establishes the Royal Airforce
1966 AC – Cryogenics becomes an accepted course at Kyoto university.
1970 AC – the first multicelular organism is cryogenicly frozen and revived.
1971 AC – The first human test subjects are frozen, scientists are unable to revive them, and the entire battallion is left in cryogenics till they can be revived.
2003 AC – The Lost Batallion is revived at long last, as the secrets for cryogenics are finaly discovered.
2010 AC – Emperor Meji passes away, and is succeded by Emperor Omi
2011 AC – Emperor Omi okays the spending for a space initiative after the successful lobying of Agrolians to return to the stars. Later that year, the first unmanned satalite was launched.
2012 AC – the nation of Mizuna launches its first manned space craft.
2070 AC – The first armed space craft is launced in resonse to the increasing threat from nations with orbital weapons platforms, the Akoya. It performs admirably, and the Akoya class destroyers are the first commissioned space warships.
2075 AC – The Mizunian Navy is tranfered from a sea based organization to a space based organization, likewise the marines are transferred for space to ground missions. The Mizunian Coastline now relys on a civilian coast guard as well as shore based missile platforms for its costal defence.
2080 AC – The Mizunian Navy commissions the Ceylon, a larger and more powerful version of the early Akoya class.
2113 AC – Prince Yo passes away after a long but uneventful career, is succeded by Princess Aianomi
2116 AC – the Akoya class is made atmosphere capable and is tested as a high payload bomber, wings are added to make it more stable in flight, yet even with such drastic changes, it is still refered to as the Akoya class.
2231 AC – On the two thousandth year aniversary of the Agrol Liberation, Princess Aianomi is overheard as saying “I only wish that they would have just finished the damned things off”. The controversy sparks a conflict, and the Princess makes a public appology, however the Agrol mob turns violent, slaughtering, the Emperor, the Princess and 700 of the Honor guard attempting to protect them. She is succeeded by Princess Ami. He by the Emperor Makoto
2232 AC – Agrol hostility towards humans reaches a peak, starting the Agrol-Human war. To make matters worse, the Oni struck again, starting the Third Oni war simotaniusly.
2235 AC – beligered and surrouned, Princess Ami personaly went to the Oni warlord and persuaded him to join them against the Agrol, in return for access to the Mizunian technology.
2236 AC – The Agrol revolt is put down, and full pardons are issued for all involved providing they sign loyalty oaths. The Oni addopt the name Squallem, and are absorbed into the Mizunian Empire.
2620 AC – The Empire celebrates 5,000 years of unification with a year of celebration and parties. Princess Ami passes away, is replaced by Prince Teko
2710 AC – Emperor Makoto passes away and is succeeded by Emperor Minato
3027 AC – Prince Teko passes away, Prince Odama succeeds
3100 AC – Empeoro Minako passes away, is succeded by Emperor Yuugi
3310 AC – Prince Makoto is born
3312 AC – Prince Taka is born
3589 AC – The Mizunian split occurse, in which Prince Taka rebels against his brother Makoto. Earlier that year Mizunian scientists had attempted to create the perfect being by geneticaly engenering the perfect brain, and combining it with an artificial sentience program. The project was called Project NESS, the unit, ADAM after the first Prince of Mizuna, who had brought the empire into a new age of prosparity and enlightenment. However, something went wrong, and the research lab was damaged. Prince Makoto was severly injured, and the ADAM unit was damaged beyond repair. In an attempt to save itself, the AS program transferred its sentience to Makoto’s mind, however as it was not designed to deal with the intriquisies of an existing personal, it was corrputed. Adam overtook the roll of Makoto, however Taka discovered the ruse and attempted to destroy it. The war raged for a year, finaly ending with the intervention of allies and a nuclear weapons used in the capital city. Makoto was killed, however ADAM survived and was captured by one of the Prince’s aides. The emperor, shocked at the destruction of his city and the death of his oldest son, banished Taka from the nation of Mizuna.
3590 AC – Prince Taka moves his surviving military and those civilians loyal ot him to the system of Alpha Centari. Establishes the nation of Taka, with Neo-Kyoto as his capital city.
3591 AC – Prince Taka begins to move Taka towards a more socialist system.
3605 AC – After the purchase of all private businesses, the nation of Taka finaly is able to provide a job to all citizens, and does away with welfare.
3612 AC – Princess Ami weds Crown Prince Rowald of Valinon
3620 AC - Present